Compensation Escalation Cycle
Compensation Escalation Cycle
Compensation Escalation Cycle Market Archetype Mechanical Natural
Tier
Stable
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Compensation Escalation Cycle

What does this mean?

Revenue grows modestly, but top officer compensation grows consistently for 5 years, breaching danger zones. The executive is negotiating aggressive raises against a compliant board.

The Path Forward

The Steward

Re-establishes board supremacy over executive extraction. It freezes compensation and mandates that all future financial rewards be tied strictly to verifiable mission expansion.

The Steward
The Steward
Institutional Health Scores
5-yr trend: Compensation Escalation Cycle
Overall
85
Score
Governance
85
Score
Financial
80
Score
Program
Score

Institutional Epochs

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Financial Era
Governance Era
Trajectory Era
Compensation Escalation

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2024 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2023 Hidden Hidden 36.6% 48 Governance-Stressed Gov Risk
2022 11.1% 52 Fragile Recovery
2021 11.3% 48 Fragile Recovery
2020 11.4% 44 Fragile Recovery
2019 7.0% 42 Fragile Recovery
2018 7.5% 40 Fragile Stable Watch
2017 7.3% 40 Fragile Recovery
2016 7.5% 38 Financially Distressed Recovery
2015 5.4% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2014 7.4% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2013 5.7% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2012 10.9% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
TERRY HOWARD PHYSICIAN 1.7% of Rev
LAURA HARRIS Executive Director 1.6% of Rev
ROBIN HARDING Board Member 1.3% of Rev
TRAVIS WHITE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 1.1% of Rev
MELISSA GRAY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 1.1% of Rev
WILLIAM THORNTON NURSE PRACTITIONER 1.0% of Rev
CHARLES CYRUS NURSE PRACTITIONER 1.0% of Rev
MARY BROWN NURSE PRACTITIONER 0.9% of Rev
JENNIFER MCKENZIE NURSE PRACTITIONER 0.8% of Rev
JORDAN CARMLEY CHIEF OPERATIONAL OFFICER 0.7% of Rev
BOBBIE ARP Board Member
MIA SAGE LOWRY BEASON Board Member
VANESSA BARR Board Member
BRUCE CHRISTOPHER Board Member
AUGUSTA DAVIS Board Member
WALLACE DRAKE Board Member
JUAN GARCIA Board Member
ROBERT MARSHALL SR Board Member
KRESSA MASON Board Member
MELANIE SLOUKA Board Member
WILLIAM O'DONNELL Board Member
MICHAEL TALLENT Board Member

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
LAURA HARRIS Executive Director 1.5% of Rev
TERRY HOWARD PHYSICIAN 1.5% of Rev
THOMAS COX Board Member 1.3% of Rev
MEGAN PAZ PEDIATRICIAN 1.2% of Rev
LAURA DEWALT PHYSICIAN 1.1% of Rev
WILLIAM THORNTON NURSE PRACTITIONER 1.0% of Rev
DANIEL LLOYD PHYSICIAN 1.0% of Rev
TRAVIS WHITE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 0.8% of Rev
MELISSA GRAY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 0.7% of Rev
JORDAN CARMLEY CHIEF OPERATIONAL OFFICER 0.4% of Rev
BOBBIE ARP Board Member
MIA SAGE LOWRY BEASON Board Member
VANESSA BARR Board Member
BRUCE CHRISTOPHER Board Member
AUGUSTA DAVIS Board Member
WALLACE DRAKE Board Member
JOLETA JONES Board Member
KRESSA MASON Board Member
BOB MARSHALL Board Member
WILLIAM O'DONNELL Board Member
MICHAEL TALLENT Board Member

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
THOMAS COX Board Member 1.6% of Rev
TERRY HOWARD PHYSICIAN 1.5% of Rev
MEGAN PAZ PEDIATRICIAN 1.2% of Rev
LAURA HARRIS Executive Director 1.2% of Rev
DANIEL LOYD PHYSICIAN 1.1% of Rev
LAURA DEWALT PHYSICIAN 1.1% of Rev
WILLIAM THORNTON NURSE PRACTITIONER 1.0% of Rev
TABITHA WALKER CLINICAL SERVICES OFFICER 0.8% of Rev
TRAVIS WHITE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 0.6% of Rev
SONIA HARDIN CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER 0.6% of Rev
MELISSA GRAY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 0.6% of Rev
REBECCA STRAWN CHIEF OPERATIONAL OFFICER 0.6% of Rev
TAMMY MADISON Board Member 0.5% of Rev
VANESSA BARR Board Member
MIA SAGE LOWRY BEASON Board Member
RICHARD BERNSTEIN Board Member
BRUCE CHRISTOPHER Board Member
AUGUSTA DAVIS Board Member
WALLACE DRAKE Board Member
JOLETA JONES Board Member
KRESSA MASON Board Member
WILLIAM O'DONNELL Board Member
MICHAEL TALLENT Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
THOMAS COX Board Member 1.5% of Rev
TERRY HOWARD PHYSICIAN 1.5% of Rev
LAURA HARRIS Executive Director 1.1% of Rev
MEGAN PAZ PEDIATRICIAN 0.9% of Rev
WILLIAM THORNTON NURSE PRACTITIONER 0.9% of Rev
CHARLES CYRUS NURSE PRACTITIONER 0.8% of Rev
JENNIFER MCKENZIE NURSE PRACTITIONER 0.7% of Rev
TABITHA WALKER CLINICAL SERVICES OFFICER 0.6% of Rev
MELISSA GRAY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 0.6% of Rev
TRAVIS WHITE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 0.6% of Rev
SONIA HARDIN CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER 0.6% of Rev
TAMMY MADISON Board Member 0.5% of Rev
HEATHER BOLINGER FORMER CLINICAL SERVICES OFFICER 0.1% of Rev
REBECCA STRAWN CHIEF OPERATIONAL OFFICER 0.1% of Rev
VANESSA BARR Board Member
MIA SAGE LOWRY BEASON Board Member
RICHARD BERNSTEIN Board Member
BRUCE CHRISTOPHER Board Member
AUGUSTA DAVIS Board Member
WALLACE DRAKE Board Member
LAWRENCE H HARRIS II Board Member
JOLETA JONES Board Member
WILLIAM O'DONNELL Board Member
MICHAEL TALLENT Board Member
SHERRY WOODS Board Member
ALBERT MEDINA Board Member
KRESSA MASON Board Member
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
80 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
85 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
0 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
85 / 100
Stable

The three components combine into a single 0–100 score weighted as shown. Full methodology →

Peer comparison

Compared to 1,173 other orgs in US with NTEE prefix E7.

Most-divergent component: governance score sits 0 points above the peer median (85 vs. 85).

5-year trend: Compensation Escalation Cycle

Revenue grows modestly, but top officer compensation grows consistently for 5 years, breaching danger zones. The executive is negotiating aggressive raises against a compliant board.

What's driving this score

What would change this score

No specific high-impact levers identified — this org's score is balanced across components.

Improving governance is a board decision. These are the levers.